Shelf-supporting bracket.



No. 826,321. l PATEN'PED JULPPV, 1906.

J. P| BUSTIS. SHELF SUPPORTING BRACKET.

APPLUATION FILED NOV. 21. 1904.

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i@ @h/JM JOHN P. EUSTIS, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

' SHELF-SUPPORTING BRACKET.

Specfication of Letters Patent.

Eatentea July 17, 1906.

Application filed November 21,1904. Serial No. 233.620.

f -To all whom zt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN l?. EUsTis, a resident of N ewtonf'in" "the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Shelf-Supporting Brackets, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to shelf-supporting brackets, especially designed for supporting removable shelves composed of glass, marble, tile, or any material into which it is inconvenient or expensive to insert screws or other fastening devices, and which shelves have to be removedfor periodically cleaning them; and it consists in certain novel featuresof construction, arrangement, and combina tion of parts which will be readily under stood by reference to the description of the accompanying drawings and to the claims hereto appended and in which 'my invention is clearly pointed out.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of abracket embodying my invention with a lass shelf supported thereon. Fig. 2 is a p an of the same, theshelf being omitted. Fig. 8 is a transverse section on line A A on Fig. l looking toward the flange by which the bracket is secured to the wall, the shelf being omitted.

Fig. 4 is a plan of the adjustable clampin outer plate detached from the main body o the bracket,`and Figi 5 is a side elevation of a slightly-modified form of my invention With a small portion shown in section.

In the drawings, l represents the wall, to which the bracket is secured by suitable screws which pass through the holes 2 in the flange Sand screw into saidlwall in an obvious manner.

The flange 3 has firmly secured preferably to the center thereof the hoririontal arm a, to the outer end of which is attached the upright member .5, to the upper end of which is 4 firmly secured at or near its mid-length the flat narrow cross-plate constructed with the inner part 6, having formed, preferably in one piece therewith, at its inner end, the

upturned spacing lip or ear 7 ,which is in such a position relatively to the wall te which said bracket is to be attached that the shelf shall not contact with the wall l. The outer end of said' cross-plate is constructed with the outer part 6b, which has adjustably but firmly secured thereto by the screws 8 8 enterin holes v8a 8 the underlapping clamping-p ate 9, providedwithlOngitudinalfscrewshelf to be secure n i relative arrangement of said parts permits slots 9aA 9a and having formed in one piece therewith the upwardly-tiuned retaining lip or ear 10, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, and`5.

In l? ig. 5 the portion of the bracket that is to be secured' to the wall 1 isa plate 6a of theV same width as the shelf-supporting crossplate 6, and preferably has a portion of its upper end bent at 'a right angle to its main body, and is firmly secured to the inner part 6c of said cross-plate by the screws 11 or in any suitable manner, and is further connected to said plate by the preferably tubular brace i2, which may be curved, as shown, or may be of any other desirable shape.

The lips `7 and 10 are slightly inclined in ward toward each other so as to first contact with the upper edges of the shelf 13, so that when the plate 9 is properly adjusted to force said shelf into iirm contact with the' lip 7 said lips 7 and 10 will spring or yield slightly, and

thus hold said shelf in a fixed position with a firm grip.

It will be noticed that the rear edge of the shelf does not come in contact with the wall or other surface to which the bracket is attached, `which is an important feature of my invention, for the reason that as the walls of a room are not always perfectly true or straight or the rear edge of the shelf may not e straight, it follows that if the shelf should contact with the wall there would vvery likely be more or less space where there would not be perfect contact, in which case there would be more or less places where dirt would accumulate and remain to the detriment of the neatness of the shelf.

With the construction shown in the accom panying drawin s and herein described any accumulation o Vdust or dirt on the face of the shelf may be easily brushed or wiped off therefrom without its lodging in the space between the shelf and the wall, and said space between the wall and shelf may be kept neath and underlapping the outer part of the cross-plate 6 and having a retainin -lip at its outer end for engaging the front e ge of the This'construction and IIO the shelf to be sup orted directly upon the cross-pieces of the lrackets without the flat under surface comin in contact with a sliding part, which wou d scratch, abrade, and injure the polished-glass surface.

The operation of my invention will be .readily understood from the foregoing without further explanation here.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A shelf-supporting bracket, comprising a wall-plate having'an outwardly and upwardly extending supporting arm, a horizontal, flat, narrow cross-plate mounted at or near its mid-length upon the outer upper end of said arm a spacing-lip at the inner part of said cross-plate located close to the wallplate, and an adjustable flat clamping-plate ocated beneath and underlapping the outer Ipart of the cross-plate and provided with a retaining-lip, said lips coperating to engage and clamp a shelf.

2. A shelf-supporting bracket comprising a wall-plate, a horizontal arm projcetinrT from the wall-plate, and having an upwardly-extending member, a ilat, narrow cross-plate centrally mounted upon the upwardly-extending member and having an inner part provided with aninwardly-inelined yielding s )acing-lip and an outer part, and an adjustable ilat clamping-plate located beneath and underlapping the outer part and. provided with an inwardly-inchned yielding retaining lip. l

3. A shelf-supporting bracket comprisingr a wall-plate, a horizontal arm;I projecting from the wall-plate, a nd having an upwardlyextending member, a ilat narrow cross-plate, centrally mounted upon the upwardly-extending member and having an inner part provided with an inwardly-inclined yielding spacing-lip flush with the wall-plate and an `outer part, and an adjustable flat clampingplate located beneath andv underlapping the outer part and provided with an inwardlyinclined yielding retaining-lip.

4. A shell-supporting'bracket comprising a wall-plate, a horiz/intel arm, projecting from the wall-plate, and having an upwardlyextending member, a ilat narrow cross-plate,

centrally mounted upon the upwardly-extending member and having an inner part rovided with a spacing-lip andan outer part iiaving screw-holes, an adjustable flat clamping-plate located beneath and underlapping the outer part and having longitudinal screwslots registering with the screw-holes and a retaining-lip, and screws whereby the clamping-plate is adjustably held to the outer part. 5. A shelf-supporting bracket, comprising a wall-plate, a horizontal ilat cross-'plate suitably supported from said wall-plate, means for spacing a shelf away from the wall, and an adjustable 'llat clamping-plate located beneath and underlapjing the outer part et the cross-plate, so as to be out ol" contact with the shelf to be supported, and a shelf-retaining lip on said clamping-plate. 6. A shelf-supporting bracket, comprising a wall-plate, a horizontal, ilat cross-plate suit-ablyV supported from said wallplato, means for spacing a shelf away from the wall, the outer part ol' said cross -plate having screw-holes, an adjustable, llat clampii'igplate located beneath and underlapj'iing the f outer part oi said cross-plate and having lon.- gitudinal screw-slots registering with the screw-holes, and a retaining-lip, and screws whereby the clampingplate is adjustably held to the outer part.

7. A shelf-supporting bracket, comprising a wall-plate, having an outwardly and upwardly extending supporting-arm, a horizonta, ilat, narrow cross-'plate nnulnted at or near its mid-length upon the outer upper 'i end of said arnna spacing-lip at' the im part of said cross-plate located close to wall-plate, and an adjustable trainpnig-pia on the outer part of the cross-plate and provided with a retaining-lip, said 'parts coep- 4 erating to hold a shelf level and to space. it

away from a wall.

ln testimony whereof i have signed my name to this speci'fimition, in the presence et' two subscribing witnesses, on this lth day of November, A. 1'). 1904-.

- JOHN l". EUS-STKE.

YVitnesses N. C. LoMnAnn, R, CLIFTON LAMBERT. 

